Hi there, London-based AIRers may find this event interesting. Cheers, Andy Chadwick Begin forwarded message:
From: Mark Harrison <mark@progressives.org.uk> Date: 17 February 2009 14:59:30 GMT To: <Andrew.Chadwick@rhul.ac.uk> Subject: Labour 2.0: campaigning for the net generation
Dear Andrew
Thank you for agreeing to speak at ‘Labour 2.0: campaigning for the net generation’, on Saturday 28 February 2009. I’m pleased to confirm the arrangements for the day.
We’re very excited that Joe Rospars, New Media Director of Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential Campaign, will be making the keynote speech at the conference. It will follow an opening address by Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Labour’s general election coordinator. You can see the full confirmed speaker programme at the bottom of this email.
Mark Harrison Events Manager
mark@progressives.org.uk 020 3008 8180 07812 017265
AGENDA
11:00 Opening address Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP Secretary of State for International Development
11:20 Keynote speech Joe Rospars New Media Director, Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential Campaign
12:00 What will the future of internet campaigning look like? Professor Andrew Chadwick, Director, New Political Communication Unit, Royal Holloway, University of London Greg Jackson, Tangent Tom Steinberg, MySociety
12:45 Lunch
13:30 Mobilising the centre-left blogging community Adam Bienkow, Tory Troll Tom Barry, Boris Watch Theo Blackwell, blogger and councillor Alex Smith, writer and political activist (chair)
14:15 Fundraising and voter ID online Gavin Shuker, Political Insight Jag Singh, MessageSpace
15:00 Learning from the private sector Simon Redfern Oliver Rickman, Google
15:45 Afternoon break
16:00 Transforming Labour’s campaigns and communications through new media Nick Anstead, University of East Anglia Matthew McGregor, UK MD, Blue State Digital Sue Macmillan, New Media Campaigns Taskforce Leader, The Labour Party Paul Simpson, Tangent Howard Dawber, PPC for Bexleyheath & Crayford (Chair)
16:45 Close of conference debate: Can the centre-left dominate the internet despite being in office? James Crabtree, Senior Editor, Prospect Derek Draper, LabourList Rt Hon David Lammy MP Tim Montgomerie, ConservativeHome
17:30 Close
-------------------------- Professor Andrew Chadwick, Professor of Political Science, Head of Department (2006-2009), Department of Politics & International Relations, Director, New Political Communication Unit http://newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk, Royal Holloway, University of London. ------------------------------------------------------ Series Editor: Oxford Studies in Digital Politics: http://www.oup.com/us/digitalpolitics Associate Editor, Journal of Information Technology and Politics: http://www.jitp.net New book: http://handbook-of-internet-politics.com Last Book: http://www.andrewchadwick.com